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Project Proposal Abstract: Mixed-pine forest ecosystems comprised of eastern white pine, red pine, and jack pine once dominated the landscape of the northern Lake States, covering almost 40% of eastern Upper Michigan. However, the legacy of turn-of-the-century logging, catastrophic wildfires, and fire suppression have resulted in increased fuel loadings that have reached potentially dangerous levels. We propose a project supported by the USDI Fish & Wildlife Service, BIA, and USGS, and the USFS, that will 1) develop a better understanding of the fire history regimes, fuel loadings, and forest composition and structural charactheristics of pre-European settlement and post-settlement mixed pine forests 2) analyze current fire hazard and forest management planning efforts of the different agencies responsible for the stewardship of mixed pine forest ecosystems and 3) develop restoration based fuel reduction recommendations for mixed pine forest ecosystems of eastern Upper Michigan. These recommendations will be developed through a series of workshops involving a panel of experts and agency representatives and using the data from objective 1&2. The shop of local and regional stakeholders, written reports, an interactive website, and an informational package developed for agency regional offices and visitor centers.